Timelapse: Stacking the Stones of Our Stone House Build
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- čas přidán 17. 08. 2023
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Ugh so jealous. My dream is to have a stone home.
Sick build bro. My dream house is similar with all stone build no wood no mortar and no steel. However your foundation being made of concrete will fail long before the walls do. I would of made your foundation out of stone as well. Besides that GREAT build!!
Really cool. Can't imagine how much all that stone cost
i think he goes over it in a video
Each of those blocks are about $40-$60
Incredible
Thanks!
Concrete foundation will wither away before the stone does
How much did all the stone cost? And where did you get the stone?
Yo. Great build. I hadn't thought of using massive blocks to get the thing done. I was gonna start with what I had on site. I'm assuming this comes to the same cost in the end because you don't have days of labor stacking stone by stone and chiseling them to fit them?
House? This is a friggin temple!
Can you show us the spacers they use to level the stones? Maybe where we can get them ourselves?
Also I’d be interested in knowing if (after watching them do it) it’s something an experienced DIYer could do with a rental boom crane??
It’s possibly something an experienced DIYer could do themselves. You do need a crew - a crane operator, someone guiding the rocks into place, and someone putting the thin layer of mortar between the stones.
The shins they used are horseshoe shims.
where do you even find stone that size?
Where did the limestone blocks come from? I’m in Arizona, we have lots of it, but I’m unaware of it being quarried into building material.
They came from a quarry near Austin, TX.
Not a builder, but why not put mortar or whichever sealant down and laid the stones on top? Serious question
I was just going to ask the same question
In his answer to another, he said a thin layer of mortar went down. Too fast to see it?
A thin layer of mortar was put down between all the stones as they were stacked.
What limestone are you using? And what impact does water or moisture have on limestone over time?
We are using the limestone native to central Texas. Rain and water don’t have much impact on the stones - you can see these stones still standing unmoved being used outside in parking lots around here.
This house will outlive our current civilization 😂😂
The weak point is the cement foundation?
How efficient it goes against the earthquake; Medium to severe cat?
How did you do the calculation for how many blocks you’d need?
I took the dimensions that we designed for our house, which was about a 33 foot by 55 foot rectangle, placed the windows and doors where I wanted them, and then planned each layer of blocks (5 layers in our case) accordingly, especially paying attention to the where the window and door openings needed to be. I then calculated, layer by layer, what sizes of rocks I needed, and I told the quarry what sizes and how many of each size I needed. I left 1-2 inches of space between each rock.
If possible, and you dont mind me asking how much did the stone cost for the house?
Your price for just sourcing the rocks and getting the rocks stacked and mortared will depend mostly on these factors, if you are coordinating this step yourself:
1. Price per block from quarry (some may have the same price or different price for different sized rocks
2. How many blocks you need
3. Shipping costs of the blocks
4. Cost of finding someone who can stack the rocks
5. Cost of having someone mortar the rocks.
If you have a local quarry, you can start there and they can usually give you a quote on the rocks and shipping.
We used Texas Limestone Homebuilders just to stack and mortar our rocks. They also build stone homes outright but we just used them for stacking and mortaring. txlimestonehomebuilders.com/
We also needed to hire a skid steer/operator to offload the rocks from the trucks, before they were stacked by a crane.
Cost really depends on region and availability of the stone and a crane and a crew willing to stack and mortar.
He said this house is about 33'x55' assuming 10' tall walls, you would need about 440 "standard" limestone quarry blocks (14"x12"x48"). In central Texas you will pay on average $75 per block from the quarry. It depends on the quarry as some are 24"x24"x60" standard and can be as much as $150 per block; that would mean 352 blocks needed. This does not include shipping or sales tax, but a very rough ball park for the stone alone would be around $33,000-$52,800. Then you would have to pay for the stacking and mortaring separately.
We paid $120 per block (biggest size was 5'x2'x1.5') which includes shipping, in July 2023. We used almost 200 blocks on our nearly 1600 sq ft house. Stacking and mortaring are separate.
How efficient the structure stands against an earthquake - to be specific, a magnitude 7.0 lasting for 1 min?
so difficult and no rebar, no cement at the bottom og stone just mortaring at the side like grid
Where did u buy the stone from?
A local (about 2 hours away) quarry in central Texas.
LOVE❤ what your doing!. How much are those stones? Would love to do the same.
Your price for just sourcing the rocks and getting the rocks stacked and mortared will depend mostly on these factors, if you are coordinating this step yourself:
1. Price per block from quarry (some may have the same price or different price for different sized rocks
2. How many blocks you need
3. Shipping costs of the blocks
4. Cost of finding someone who can stack the rocks
5. Cost of having someone mortar the rocks.
If you have a local quarry, you can start there and they can usually give you a quote on the rocks and shipping.
We used Texas Limestone Homebuilders just to stack and mortar our rocks. They also build stone homes outright but we just used them for stacking and mortaring. txlimestonehomebuilders.com/
We also needed to hire a skid steer/operator to offload the rocks from the trucks, before they were stacked by a crane.
Cost really depends on region and availability of the stone and a crane and a crew willing to stack and mortar.
@@LimestoneHome ty! I just need someone to sell me the rock but not yet. I love those large limestone bocks.
My only worry is how to keep them from sinking over time.
We got our foundation engineered to account for the weight of the stones. Highly recommend doing that.
@@LimestoneHome Will do! What part of Texas are you in?
Central Texas.
What is the name of that equipment that is being used for lifting the blocks?
It’s a spider crane. Any small crane or spider crane would work, as long as you have the grapple attachment.
Would you be able to tell me who the architect was? I would like to do something like this but apparently need an architect to draw it up and stamp it. Thank you.
Hi @user-eo3qn3xp5d - I served as the architect for this build and drew up all the plans myself. You may be able to find an architect that specializes in full masonry builds that could draw up plans. Best of luck!
well you know that in 500 years the walls will still be there
For sure!
Could you PM me with some information regarding the price of only this step of the process? Looking into building a limestone home soon and would like to know some comparable prices. Thanks in advance.
Your price for just sourcing the rocks and getting the rocks stacked and mortared will depend mostly on these factors, if you are coordinating this step yourself:
1. Price per block from quarry (some may have the same price or different price for different sized rocks
2. How many blocks you need
3. Shipping costs of the blocks
4. Cost of finding someone who can stack the rocks
5. Cost of having someone mortar the rocks.
If you have a local quarry, you can start there and they can usually give you a quote on the rocks and shipping.
We used Texas Limestone Homebuilders just to stack and mortar our rocks. They also build stone homes outright but we just used them for stacking and mortaring. txlimestonehomebuilders.com/
We also needed to hire a skid steer/operator to offload the rocks from the trucks, before they were stacked by a crane.
Cost really depends on region and availability of the stone and a crane and a crew willing to stack and mortar.
Wow did you mortar all that your self
We had our sub do it.
👀 weuuu
@Limestone Home / This is going to be a great looking home. I've always wanted to do something like this. How did you address the ICC building code requirements for minimum R-values and insulation requirements? That's always been my hold up. I know there's thermal mass here... and that's something. But.... the density of stone and concrete doesn't make for good insulative properties.
Looking forward to seeing this all come together.
Hi @LOGDOG5375 - the state of Texas is a home rule state. This means IECC standards are adopted at the local/county level. In our case, our county enforces IECC code within city limits. Since our building site is rural, IECC building codes are not required.
Pointing a bit rushed/messy, lets it down!!🤔🤔😪